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In reply to the discussion: Palm Coast man gets 25 years in accidental shooting of his wife [View all]friendly_iconoclast
(15,333 posts)29. And yet cars kill more people in the US than guns do, and there are fewer guns than cars.
You also do not have an enumerated right to own a car.
Tell me, do you think Vioxx should have been left on the market because it wasn't actually designed to give people heart attacks?
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Palm Coast man gets 25 years in accidental shooting of his wife [View all]
SecularMotion
Oct 2012
OP
You and I disagree on this. Who teaches chain saw safety in schools? Or swimming?
Logical
Oct 2012
#7
Band saw safety and table saw safety were taught in my 7th grade woodshop class
slackmaster
Oct 2012
#9
Guns would be way down on the list. As you know gun accidents kill very few kids a year.
Logical
Oct 2012
#10
Unsecured guns constitute an environmental hazard, like unsecured rattlesnakes
slackmaster
Nov 2012
#36
Ignorance really does = strength for certain people- the "abstinence only" types...
friendly_iconoclast
Nov 2012
#41
I was taught safe use of several power saws, safety while swimming (in lakes, most often),
Eleanors38
Oct 2012
#14
I had to take shop also in the 70s. Things sure do change. Not even drivers ed at my kids school.
Logical
Oct 2012
#15
There's that pesky "freedom of choice" thing again. One can own 0 guns or 500...
friendly_iconoclast
Nov 2012
#20
Would it make you feel any better if they was pushed outta windows?
friendly_iconoclast
Nov 2012
#22
If you've got any evidence that gun ownership compels criminal behavior, please produce it.
friendly_iconoclast
Nov 2012
#25
"Drivers...do no such thing." Really? DC has no laws against vehicular homicide?
friendly_iconoclast
Nov 2012
#27
And yet cars kill more people in the US than guns do, and there are fewer guns than cars.
friendly_iconoclast
Nov 2012
#29
"How's that working out?" Violent crime and murder rates are down, so why don't you tell us?
friendly_iconoclast
Nov 2012
#42